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HYDRAA gets Medchal park complaint, recovers 400-sq-yard park in Chandanagar
HYDRAA gets Medchal park complaint, recovers 400-sq-yard park in Chandanagar
HYDRAA recovered 400 square yards of park land in Chandanagar on Thursday, acting on a Telangana High Court order. The park, part of a layout approved by HUDA in 1995, had faced…
The Story in Brief
HYDRAA recovered 400 square yards of park land in Chandanagar on Thursday, acting on a Telangana High Court order. The park, part of a layout approved by HUDA in 1995, had faced repeated encroachment attempts. Residents had earlier secured a 2022 High Court directive for the GHMC to protect the park, but delays in building a compound wall allowed fresh encroachments. HYDRAA fenced the site and erected notices.
Separately, the agency received a complaint from Mettu Surya Prakash alleging encroachment of a park and illegal occupation of a plot in Springfield Enclave, Medchal-Malkajgiri district. Prakash, who claims the layout was approved by HUDA and that 261 plots were sold, said the park land belongs to the government. He also reported being threatened by encroachers and asked HYDRAA to verify approvals and records.
The Indian Opinion
HYDRAA’s action in Chandanagar is welcome, but it took a High Court order and years of residents’ resistance to get even this small park back. The Medchal complaint shows the problem is widespread. The narrative that HYDRAA alone can fix encroachment overlooks the slow enforcement of previous court directions and the role of local bodies. The real test is whether the Medchal layout gets the same swift treatment, and whether the GHMC finally builds the compound walls it was ordered to construct.
Sources (2): siasat.com, siasat.com (2)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
